Biology:Eranthemum capense

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Short description: Perennial shrub in the family Acanthaceae

Eranthemum capense
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Eranthemum
Species:
E. capense
Binomial name
Eranthemum capense
Synonyms[1]
  • Daedalacanthus capensis (L.) Druce
  • (Lam.) Alston (Wall. ex Nees) Karthik. & Moorthy
  • Wall. Justicia fastigiata
  • Eranthemum fastigiatum Lam.
  • Daedalacanthus montanus (Lam.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Roxb. Justicia pulchella
  • Eranthemum montanum Wight ex Wall.
  • Daedalacanthus fastigiatus (Roxb.) T.Anderson
  • (Roxb.) Roxb. B.Heyne ex Wall.
  • Eranthemum wightianum Eranthemum capense var. wightianum
  • Wall. ex Nees Ruellia varians
  • Justicia montana Justicia divaricata

Eranthemum capense or Konkan Eranthemum is a perennial shrub belonging to the family Acanthaceae.

Habit and Habitat

They grow in seasonally dry tropical biome. [2][1] They are seen growing in the semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves of Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats. [3]

Description

It is a subshrub growing up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in). Elliptical, pointed leaves are dark green. Infloreascence is apical or axillary panicles or spikes. Capsules are oblong, four compressed, gyroscopically hairy seeds.[2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eranthemum capense" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/48747-1. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Eranthemum capense var. concanense - Konkan Eranthemum". https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Konkan%20Eranthemum.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Eranthemum capense var. capense | Species" (in en). https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/262717. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14594601 entry



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